2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, First half
Following the opening try, Canberra gained the territory advantage and made several attacking raids, including a bargeover attempt by Whitehead in the 11th minute which was held up, and several attacking bomb kicks; however, Canberra was unable to find the tryline. During this period, Roosters forward Mitchell Aubusson left the field with a match-ending knee injury. In the 19th minute, as Sydney advanced, Canberra's Joseph Tapine tackled Sydney's Victor Radley high, and Mitchell converted a 35-metre penalty to extend the lead to 8–0.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, First half
In the 30th minute, Canberra earned a repeat set after Sydney full-back James Tedesco fumbled an aerial contest for a bomb kick 10m from his defensive try line. On the next tackle, Jack Wighton broke the line between Sydney defenders Boyd Cordner and Angus Crichton to score Canberra's first try. Jarrod Croker converted to reduce the margin to 8–6.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, First half
The Raiders fumbled the first play-the-ball after the restart, giving Sydney the territory advantage, but several attacking raids came up short. In the last seconds before half-time before half time, Croker was penalised for interfering with Brett Morris in the chase for an attacking bomb; Mitchell's kick from near the sideline missed, and the half-time margin was 8–6.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, Second half
Canberra dominated the game for the early part of the second half, with several near scoring chances in the first ten minutes. In the 50th minute, as John Bateman attempted a close-quarters pass near the posts to Josh Papalii, who was tackled by retiring Sydney half-back Cooper Cronk before the pass arrived; the referee sent Cronk to the sin bin for ten minutes for a professional foul, and asked the bunker to review for a possible penalty try, which it ruled against. Croker leveled the score at 8–8 from the penalty kick.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, Second half
During Cronk's ten minutes off the field, Canberra continued to dominate possession, but were held out by the Roosters; their only close scoring chance came in the 60th minute, when a chain of fifth tackle passes to the right wing put Brett Morris over in the corner, but was called back when Joseph Leilua's final flick pass was forward.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, Second half
In the 67th minute, a pass by Radley saw Sio Siua Taukeiaho break the line to swing territory in Sydney's favour; and soon after winning a repeat set from a bomb kick, the Roosters won a penalty for a high tackle against Canberra's Aidan Sezer on Luke Keary. Mitchell missed the wide angle kick, and the score remained 8–8.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, Second half
The game's most controversial moment came in the 71st minute. A Canberra fifth tackle bomb kick was contested in the air 10m from the try line, and bounced backwards off the Canberra chaser's shoulder to Josh Hodgson. Controlling referee Ben Cummins, believing the ball had hit Sydney full-back James Tedesco, signalled and called 'six again'; seconds later, on the advice of assistant referee Gerard Sutton and touch judge Chris Butler, he changed the signal and call to fifth tackle. The play ended with Jack Wighton, who did not hear or see the changed call, and he took a safe tackle rather than launch another fifth-tackle attacking option, resulting in a changeover.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, Second half
From the ensuing set, on fourth tackle, Latrell Mitchell broke the line down the left wing at midfield with a flick pass to Daniel Tupou which ended with a try to James Tedesco. Mitchell converted, and Sydney took a 14–8 lead. An even contest ensued over the last six minutes, Sydney able to defend its lead and win the game, 14–8.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, Overall
Canberra was considered to have played better overall, with more scoring opportunities and territory, but was unable to convert this into a winning score. Overall, the Raiders held 54% of possession. They played with much greater variation in attack, throwing 19 offloads to Sydney's 1, and launching 15 bomb and grubber kicks to Sydney's 9. The Clive Churchill Medal for man of the match was awarded to Canberra five-eighth Jack Wighton, who scored one try and led the Raiders' kicking game.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, Overall
The win made Sydney the first club since the Brisbane Broncos in 1992 and 1993 NSWRL seasons to win back-to-back premierships in a unified competition, and the first ever in the post-schism NRL competition. It was the first time the Roosters had won consecutive titles since 1974 and 1975.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, Overall
The game is widely remembered for Cummins erroneous 'six again' call and the impact it had leading up to the winning try. Following the game, the NRL acknowledged the error and regretted the confusion it caused, while also confirming that the eventual call of fifth tackle was correct and endorsing Cummins' right to change his call on the advice of his assistant referees. Nevertheless, the call drew condemnation from Raiders' and neutral observers. Many analysts also disputed the league's endorsement of Cummins' right to change the call, citing NRL Law 16.9 which allows a judgement call to be changed on another referee's advice only in the event of foul play.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, Overall
The game's other controversial decisions – the 'mutual interference' with the Roosters' trainer, and the sin binning of Cooper Cronk – were both also endorsed by the league's review. However, the 'mutual interference' rule acknowledged be an outdated rule, remnant from an era when territory was more valuable than possession,


2019 NRL Grand Final, Curtain-raisers
Two opening matches were played on the ground prior to the grand final: the NRL State Championship – in which the Newtown Jets scored a try as time expired to snatch victory from the Burleigh Bears – and the NRL Women's Grand Final, won comfortably by the Brisbane Broncos Women's. Pre -match entertainment was headlined by American pop rock band OneRepublic. Natalie Bassingthwaighte performed the Advance Australia Fair. The match was broadcast live throughout Australia by the Nine Network.


2019 NRL Women's season
The 2019 NRL Women's Premiership was the second season of professional women's rugby league in Australia.


2019 NRL Women's season, Regular season
The season again operated under a round-robin format, with games played as curtain-raisers to the 2019 NRL Finals Series as well as two standalone matches. The top two finishing teams will then contest the Grand Final, which is to be played before the men's Grand Final on 6 Octogber.


2019 NRL Women's season, Postseason
In October 2018, NRL announced the inaugural edition of Rugby League World Cup 9s in Western Sydney on 18–19 October 2019, featuring 12 international men's teams and 4 women's teams. This would be around one month after the Women's Grand Final and replaced the Auckland Nines which had been run as a preseason tournament in previous years.


2019 NRL Women's season results
The 2019 NRL Women's Premiership is the second season of professional women's rugby league in Australia. The competition coincided with the 2019 NRL Finals Series.


2019 NRL Women's season results
All times are in AEST (UTC+10:00) on the relevant dates.


2019 NRL season
The 2019 NRL season was the 112th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 22nd season run by the National Rugby League. The Sydney Roosters became the first team to win back-to-back Premierships since the Brisbane Broncos in 1992–93, and the first to achieve the feat since the unified NRL competition started in 1998.


2019 NRL season, Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 13th consecutive year.


2019 NRL season, Pre-season
The 2019 pre-season featured the All Stars match held on February 15 at AAMI Park. The 2019 World Club Challenge match saw the NRL premiers Sydney Roosters defeat the Super League champions Wigan Warriors.


2019 NRL season, Regular season
For the first time, the NRL announced that the entirety of a round of games would be hosted at a single venue, adopting the Super League's Magic Weekend concept. Magic Round took place during Round 9 at Suncorp Stadium.


2019 NRL season, Regular season
State of Origin was played in Perth for the first time, with Game 2 of the 2019 series played at Optus Stadium.


2019 NRL season, Regular season
Bold – Opposition's Home gameX – Bye* – Golden point gameOpponent for round listed above margin


2019 NRL season, Finals series
Parramatta Eels 58 – 0 Elimination Final win over Brisbane Broncos broke the record for the biggest winning margin in Finals history, beating the previous mark of 48 points when Newtown defeated St. George 55 – 7 in the 1944 Semi Finals.


2019 NRL season, Player statistics and records
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 25.


2019 NRL season results
The 2019 NRL season was the 112th  of professional rugby league in Australia and the 22nd season run by the National Rugby League.


2019 NRL season results, Regular season
All times are in AEST (UTC+10:00) on the relevant dates.


2019 NWSL College Draft
The 2019 NWSL College Draft was the 7th annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select newly eligible college players for the 2019 NWSL season. It was held on January 10, 2019 in conjunction with the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Chicago, Illinois.


2019 Nadeshiko League
The 2019 Nadeshiko League was the 31st season of Japan's women's association football highest division league.


2019 Nadeshiko League, Nadeshiko League Division 1
The season started on 21 March 2019 and was completed on 3 November 2019 with the play-offs on 10 November 2019 and 16 November 2019. NTV Beleza won their 14th and their 5th consecutive title.


2019 Nadeshiko League, Nadeshiko League Division 1, Teams
10 teams contested the league, nine teams from the previous season and one promoted team, Iga FC Kunoichi. Nittaidai was able to defeat Nippatsu Yokohama FC Seagulls at the play-offs and thus remained in the league.


2019 Nadkarni Cup
The 2019 Nadkarni Cup is the 112th season of the Nadkarni Cup, a football competition played in Mumbai, Indiain state of Maharashtra. The 16 teams will play the tournament. The cup will commence from 21 August 2019.


2019 Nadkarni Cup, Teams
A total of 16 teams are participating in this year's competition. 11 teams from MDFA Elite Division and 5 from MDFA Super Division.


2019 Nagoya Grampus season
The 2019 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' second season back in the J1 League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, their 26th J1 League season and 36th overall in the Japanese top flight. They were knocked out of the Emperor's Cup in the Second Round by National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya and reached the Quarterfinal of the J. League Cup where they were knocked out by Kawasaki Frontale.


2019 Nagoya Grampus season, Season events
On 23 September, Nagoya Grampus announced that Massimo Ficcadenti had replaced Yahiro Kazama as manager.


2019 Nagoya Grampus season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Namibian general election
General elections were held in Namibia on 27 November 2019. Ballots were cast using electronic voting. A total of eleven candidates ran for the presidency and fifteen political parties contested the National Assembly elections.


2019 Namibian general election
Hage Geingob of SWAPO was re-elected to the presidency, although his vote share was reduced from 87% in 2014 to 56%, their lowest vote share for a presidential election in the party's history. SWAPO also retained their majority in the National Assembly, but lost their two-thirds supermajority.


2019 Namibian general election, Electoral system
The President of Namibia is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives more than 50% in the first round of voting, a run-off will be held. No previous presidential votes in Namibia have gone to a second round.


2019 Namibian general election, Electoral system
The 104 members of the National Assembly consist of 96 elected members and eight (non-voting) members appointed by the President. The 96 elected members are elected by closed list proportional representation from 14 multi-member constituencies based on the regions. Seats are allocated using the largest remainder method.


2019 Namibian general election, Political parties, SWAPO
SWAPO was viewed as the clear favorite going into the 2019 election, although the rise of new parties, such as the Landless People's Movement, was predicted to cause a split in the vote. In 2014, the ruling SWAPO Party announced a gender equality system where half of SWAPO's seats in parliament would be held by women. The party also embraced what it called a "zebra system", whereby if a minister was a woman, the deputy minister would be a man, and vice versa.


2019 Namibian general election, Political parties, SWAPO
Due to there being more male SWAPO MPs than female MPs, SWAPO put forward plans to expand parliament to remove the risk of male MPs losing their seats as a result of this gender equality policy. This change, raising the number of seats from 78 to 104, was enacted in 2014, although it was officially framed as allowing for wider representation of the population.


2019 Namibian general election, Political parties, Opposition
Opposition parties had the objective of removing SWAPO's two-thirds majority in the National Assembly. The Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) and the Republican Party (RP), both without a realistic chance in the previous elections, withdrew their presidential candidates in early November and instead endorsed the independent candidate Panduleni Itula. The United Democratic Front (UDF) in turn withdrew their candidate to back McHenry Venaani, presidential candidate of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) and leader of the official opposition.


2019 Namibian general election, Political parties, Opposition
In August 2019, the two parties signed a coalition agreement for the coming legislative period, allocating parliamentary seats 6, 13 and 18 to the UPM, and the others to PDM, in an entity to be known as the PDM-UPM coalition. The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) formed a coalition with the Christian Democratic Voice (CDV), both parties supported Mike Kavekotora of the RDP.


2019 Namibian general election, Campaign
Ten candidates contested the presidential elections, with Hage Geingob of SWAPO widely expected to win a second term as president. For the first time, an independent candidate, Panduleni Itula, ran for president. Esther Muinjangue of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) was the first female presidential candidate in Namibia.


2019 Namibian general election, Results, President
Hage Geingob won the presidential election and received a second term as president. His percentage of votes gained, however, dropped significantly from 87% in 2014 to 56% in 2019. While rural areas predominantly supported Geingob, many urban centres voted for the independent candidate, Panduleni Itula, who received 29% of the overall votes. No other candidate achieved a two-digit result.


2019 Namibian general election, Results, National Assembly
SWAPO, yet again, won a majority of seats in the National Assembly, but closely missed the threshold for a two-thirds majority, which it held since 1994. Consequently, opposition parties also gained seats, most prominently the PDM, which obtained 16 seats in the National Assembly. The PDM's 16.60% vote share is its best electoral performance since the 1994 election.


2019 Namibian general election, Legal challenge
Runner-up Itula challenged the outcome of the elections in court, based on the Electoral Act of 2014 that allows electronic voting machines (EVMs) only in combination with a Verifiable Paper Trail (VPPT). For the Namibian elections in 2014, 2015 and now 2019, EVMs without a paper trail were used after Charles Namoloh, the responsible minister at the time, enacted the law without the paper trail provision. The Supreme Court of Namibia ruled in February 2020 that this enactment was unconstitutional because it violates the separation of powers. The court, however, declined to set aside the elections carried out using such failed process, as there were no indications the devices were tampered with. This has attracted some controversy.


2019 Nanaimo—Ladysmith federal by-election
A by-election was held in the federal riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith on May 6, 2019 following the resignation of incumbent New Democratic MP Sheila Malcolmson.


2019 Nanaimo—Ladysmith federal by-election
Green candidate Paul Manly won the by-election, becoming the second Green Party member to be elected to the House of Commons.


2019 Nara gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 7 April 2019 as part of the 19th unified elections to elect the next Governor of Nara Prefecture, Japan.


2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election
The 2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019, the APC nominee Abdullahi Sule won the election, defeating David Ombugadu of the PDP.


2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election
Abdullahi Sule emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 926 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, who received 519 votes. He picked Emmanuel Akabe as his running mate. David Ombugadu was the PDP candidate with Ogoshi Onawo as his running mate. Labaran Maku was the APGA candidate, while Umar Aliyu Doma stood for ZLP. 29 candidates contested in the election.


2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Nasarawa State is elected using the plurality voting system.


2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APC primary
The APC primary election was held on September 28, 2018. Abdullahi Sule won the primary election polling 926 votes against 10 other candidates. His closest rival was Aliyu Wadada, a house of representatives member in the state who came second with 519 votes, while Silas Ali Agara, the incumbent governor in the state came third with 352 votes.


2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. David Ombugadu won the primary election polling 745 votes against 3 other candidates. His closest rival was Solomon Ewuga, a former senator who came second with 519 votes, Philip Gyunka, a serving senator came third with 123 votes, while Dameshi Luka, a former deputy governor polled 18 votes.


2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election, Results
A total number of 29 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.


2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,617,786  while 686,303 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 681,400, while number of valid votes was 670,879. Rejected votes were 10,521.


2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election, Results, By local government area
Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 670,878 represents the 29 political parties that participated in the election.Blue represents LGAs won by Abdullahi Sule. Green represents LGAs won by David Ombugadu.


2019 Nashville SC season
The 2019 Nashville SC season was the club's second and final season both as an organization and as a member in the USL Championship. In 2018 and 2019, Nashville SC played in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship, the second-highest level of professional soccer in the US.


2019 Nashville SC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
On December 19, 2018, the USL announced their 2019 season schedule. All times are in Central time.


2019 Nashville SC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a member of the USL Championship, Nashville SC entered the tournament in the Second Round, played May 14–15, 2019


2019 Nashville mayoral election
The 2019 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 1, 2019, to elect the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Incumbent David Briley, who succeeded Megan Barry following her resignation and won a special election to fill the remainder of her term, was eligible to run for reelection. In the August election, Briley came in second behind city councilman John Cooper; however, no candidate took more than 50 percent of the vote, forcing a runoff between Cooper and Briley on September 12, 2019. Cooper won the runoff definitively with 69 percent of the vote.


2019 National
The 2019 BOOST National was held from December 10 to 15, at the Conception Bay South Arena in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was the third Grand Slam and second major of the 2019–20 season.


2019 National
In the men's final, Team Brad Jacobs defeated Team Niklas Edin 3–1 to win their second consecutive Grand Slam event. In the women's final, Team Anna Hasselborg also won their second consecutive Grand Slam event, defeating Team Jennifer Jones 7–3.


2019 National, Qualification
The top 14 men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour order of merit standings as of November 5, 2019 qualified for the event. The Grand Slam of Curling may fill one spot in each division as a sponsor's exemption. In the event that a team declines their invitation, the next-ranked team on the order of merit is invited until the field is complete. The sponsor's exemption was not used, and the spot was allocated to the highest-ranked remaining team on the order of merit. The teams were seeded in pools per the rankings on November 19, 2019


2019 National, Qualification, Men
Top Order of Merit men's teams as of November 5:


2019 National, Qualification, Women
Top Order of Merit women's teams as of November 5:


2019 National Amateur Cup
The 2019 National Amateur Cup was the 96th edition of the National Amateur Cup, a knockout cup competition open to amateur teams affiliated with the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA). This was the second edition of the tournament to award a spot in the U.S. Open Cup to its champion.


2019 National Amateur Cup
Newtown Pride FC won their first National Amateur Cup title, defeating Horizon FC 3–0 in the final.


2019 National Amateur Cup, Format
All four regions of the USASA held tournaments to crown champions, which would then qualify for the final tournament. Qualification for these regionals was determined by each one, with USASA Region I, III, and IV awarding spots to the champions of each state or local association's amateur tournament.


2019 National Amateur Cup, Format
The final four teams then compete in a single location knockout tournament to determine a national champion, with an additional game in place to crown both third and fourth place.


2019 National Amateur Cup, National Amateur Cup Final
The finals tournament was held between August 2 and 3 on the campus of Triton College in River Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.


2019 National Amateur Cup, National Amateur Cup Final
Newtown Pride FC won its first national title, the first by a Connecticut-based club since the Hartford Italian American Stars AC in 1967, along with $15,000 and spots in both the 2020 Hank Steinbrecher Cup and 2020 U.S. Open Cup. Horizon FC took home $10,000 for finishing runner-up while both MesoAmerica FC and RWB Adria earned $7,500 each for finishing third and fourth respectively.


2019 National Camogie League
The 2019 National Camogie League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Leagues, took place in early 2019.


2019 National Camogie League, Format, League structure
The 2019 National Camogie League consists of three divisions: 10 in Division 1, 15 in Division 2 and 6 in Division 3; division 1 is divided into two groups and Division 2 is divided into three groups. Each team plays every other team in its group once. 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.


2019 National Camogie League, Format, League structure
If two teams are level on points, the tie-break is:


2019 National Camogie League, Format, League structure
If three or more teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by points difference.


2019 National Camogie League, Format, Finals
The top two teams in each group in Division 1 contest the National Camogie League semi-finals.


2019 National Camogie League, Format, Finals
In Division 2, the three group winners and runners-up contest the quarter-finals; the three quarter-final winners then play a semi-final and final.


2019 National Camogie League, Format, Finals
The top four teams in Division 3 contest the Division 3 semi-finals.


2019 National Development League speedway season
The National League speedway 2019 now known as the National Development League for the 2019 season was the third tier/division of British speedway. There were several team changes for the 2019 league season with reigning league champions and KO cup winners Eastbourne Eagles, along with the Birmingham Brummies, moving into the SGB Championship. Coventry Bees, who rode their home meetings at Leicester the previous season, did not enter the league, but Leicester Lions entered a team (Leicester Lion Cubs).


2019 National Development League speedway season
Cradley Heathens fully entered the league after the previous season National Trophy only commitment, while the Buxton Hitmen decided not compete and only run open meetings (friendlies). It was announced on Tuesday 10 September before the end of the 2019 National Development League season that Stoke Potters' home venue at Loomer Road Stadium had been sold and that the team would not be operating in 2020.


2019 National Development League speedway season, Regulation changes
At the Speedway AGM in November 2018, the team averages were reduced to 36.00 points per team.


2019 National Development League speedway season, Results
Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.


2019 National Development League speedway season, Play-Offs
Home team scores are in boldOverall aggregate scores are in red


2019 National Development League speedway season, NDL Knockout Cup
The 2019 National Development League Knockout Cup was the 22nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams.


2019 National Development League speedway season, NDL Knockout Cup
Home team scores are in boldOverall aggregate scores are in red


2019 National Development League speedway season, National Trophy, Results
Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.


2019 National Development League speedway season, NDL Riders' Championship
Raced at the Eddie Wright Raceway, Scunthorpe on 20 October. The meeting was decided on count back for riders first three rides, after rain prevented the meetings full conclusion. Scores below are from the referee's official National League Riders Individual Championship score sheet.


2019 National Development League speedway season, NDL Pairs
Group StagesGroup ALeicester Lion Cubs 18Kent Kings 18Isle of Wight Warriors 10Stoke Potters 8


2019 National Development League speedway season, NDL Pairs
Group BPlymouth Gladiators 18Mildenhall Fen Tigers 17Belle Vue Colts 13Cradley Heathens 6


2019 National Development League speedway season, NDL Pairs
FinalKent Kings 19Leicester Lion Cubs 17Plymouth Gladiators 10Mildenhall Fen Tigers 8


2019 National Development League speedway season, NDL Fours
Group StagesGroup AStoke Potters 18Isle of Wight Warriors 14Cradley Heathens 8Leicester Lion Cubs 8


2019 National Development League speedway season, NDL Fours
Group BMildenhall Fen Tigers 16Kent Kings Plymouth Gladiators 8Belle Vue Colts 8


2019 National Development League speedway season, NDL Fours
FinalStoke Potters 15Isle of Wight Warriors 14Mildenhall Fen Tigers 13Kent Kings 6


2019 National Development League speedway season, Teams
7 June Connor Bailey replaced the injured Paul Bowen in the Belle Vue Colts team


2019 National Development League speedway season, Teams
21 May Jack Smith replaced the injured Tom Brennan in the Cradley Heathens team6 June Sheldon Davies replaced Lewis Whitmore in the Cradley Heathens team


2019 National Development League speedway season, Teams
1 July Scott Campos replaced Ryan Terry-Daley in the Isle of Wight Warriors team


2019 National Development League speedway season, Teams
2 June Jacob Clouting replaced the injured Dan Gilkes in the Kent Kings team15 August Jake Mulford replaced the injured Nathan Ablitt in the Kent Kings team6 September Alex Spooner replaced Jacob Clouting in the Kent Kings team


2019 National Development League speedway season, Teams
11 April Ryan MacDonald replaced Kelsey Dugard in the Leicester Lion Cubs team9 July Ryan Terry-Daley replaced the injured Jamie Halder in the Leicester Lion Cubs team29 August Josh Embeton replaced Ryan MacDonald in the Leicester Lion Cubs team


2019 National Development League speedway season, Teams
16 June Henry Atkins and Arran Butcher replaced the injured Macauley Leek and David Wallinger in the Mildenhall Fen Tigers team13 August Ryan Kinsley replaced the injured Danny Ayers in the Mildenhall Fen Tigers team


2019 National Development League speedway season, Teams
26 June David Wallinger replaced Scott Campos in the Plymouth Gladiators team10 July Luke Chessell replaced the injured Nathan Stoneman in the Plymouth Gladiators team28 August Tom Young and Kris Andrews replaced the injured Adam Extance and David Wallinger in the Plymouth Gladiators team6 September Nathan Stoneman replaced Luke Chessell in the Plymouth Gladiators team


2019 National Development League speedway season, Teams
9 January Shelby Rutherford replaced Paul Burnett in the Stoke Potters team9 May Joe Lawlor replaced Luke Chessell in the Stoke Potters team23 July Corban Pavitt quit the Stoke Potters team due to personal reasons31 August Kieran Douglas replaced Corban Pavitt in the Stoke Potters team


2019 National Football League (Ireland)
The 2019 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, was the 88th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for Gaelic Athletic Association county teams. Thirty-one county teams from the island of Ireland, plus London, competed; Kilkenny do not participate.


2019 National Football League (Ireland)
The GAA announced a new broadcast agreement on 10 January 2019, expected to run from 2019 until 2022. Eir Sport and RTÉ provided live TV coverage of the league on Saturday nights. TG4 broadcast Sunday afternoon games. The highlights programmes were RTÉ2's League Sunday on Sunday evenings, TG4's GAA 2019 on Monday evenings and Eir Sport's Allianz Leagues Reloaded on Wednesday evenings.


2019 National Football League (Ireland), Experimental rules
On 24 November 2018, the GAA Central Council approved five experimental changes to the football playing rules which were amended slightly and trialled in the 2018–19 early season competitions organised by the four provincial councils (FBD League - Connacht, O'Byrne Cup - Leinster, McGrath Cup - Munster and McKenna Cup - Ulster).


2019 National Football League (Ireland), Experimental rules
The effectiveness of the new rules was reviewed by Central Council on 19 January 2019. Although one of the key aims of the experiment was to reduce the number of handpasses in Gaelic football, they voted 25-23 to not continue with the rule that restricted the number of consecutive handpasses to three (which was previously trialled in the 1989 National Football League and quickly abandoned). This decision followed an almost universal campaign by GAA county team managers in the media against its permanent introduction The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) were also strongly against the three handpass rule.


2019 National Football League (Ireland), Experimental rules
Experimental rules 2 to 5 (see above) were trialled in the 2019 National Football League, beginning on 26 January 2019 and ending on 31 March 2019. There was little criticism of the four rules in the league games though Jim Gavin, the Dublin manager, said the decision to experiment in the league, the GAA's second tier inter-county competition, was "disrespectful".


2019 National Football League (Ireland), Experimental rules
GAA rules only allow changes to the playing rules in years divisible by five which means that, at the earliest, the experimental playing rules could only be approved by Congress 2020 for implementation in the 2020 Championship.


2019 National Football League (Ireland), Experimental rules
A Special Congress was held on 19 October 2019. Three rules were passed and were introduced beginning in 2020 –


2019 National Football League (Ireland), Competition format, League structure
The 2019 National Football League consists of four divisions of eight teams. Each team plays every other team in its division once, usually four home and three away or three home and four away. Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw.


2019 National Football League (Ireland), Competition format, Tie-breaker
If only two teams are level on league points -


2019 National Football League (Ireland), Competition format, Tie-breaker
If three or more teams are level on league points, score difference is used to rank the teams.


2019 National Football League (Ireland), Competition format, Finals, promotions and relegations, Division 1
The top two teams in Division 1 contest the National Football League final. The bottom two teams are relegated to Division 2.


2019 National Football League (Ireland), Competition format, Finals, promotions and relegations, Division 2, Division 3 & Division 4
The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted and contest the finals of their respective divisions. The bottom two teams in Divisions 2 and 3 are relegated.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game
The 2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at SAP Center in San Jose, home of the San Jose Sharks on January 26, 2019. San Jose last held the NHL All Star Game in 1997. This was the fourth consecutive All-Star Game that used a four-team, 3-on-3, single elimination format, with one team representing each of the league's four divisions. After years of being held on a Sunday, the 2019 All-Star Game was played on a Saturday, January 26, at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST, while the Skills Competition was also moved from its traditional Saturday night to Friday, January 25, 2019.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game
The Metropolitan All-Stars won the All-Star Game, which was in its fourth straight year of a four-team, 3-on-3, single elimination format, with one team representing each of the league's four divisions. The team won $1 million (split 11 ways between the players). Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins was named the Most Valuable Player, scoring four goals and four assists. He received a new 2019 Honda Passport which he then proceeded to give to an Army veteran.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Skills Competition
The Skills Competition took place the day before the All-Star Game on Friday January 25, 2019 at the SAP Center. The winners of each event were awarded $25,000 in prize money.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Skills Competition
The league invited Renata Fast and Rebecca Johnston from the Canadian Women's National Team, and Brianna Decker and Kendall Coyne Schofield from the U.S. Women's National Team, to demonstrate some of the events. After Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche (Central Division) pulled out of the fastest-skater event due to a bruised left foot, Coyne Schofield was named as his replacement, becoming the first woman to compete in the All-Stars skills competition.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Skills Competition
Brianna Decker demonstrated the premier passer skill, but she was not part of the competition. She was, in fact, three seconds faster than Leon Draisaitl and would have won had her time been included as they did with Kendall Coyne Schofield. This prompted the hashtag #PayDecker on Twitter, as women's hockey salaries are a fraction of men's hockey salaries. On January 26, hockey equipment company CCM announced they would give Decker the $25,000 she would have received for winning the competition.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Rosters
As in the previous three All-Star Games, captaincy of each division was determined by a fan vote, the 2019 vote running from December 1, 2018, until December 23, 2018. On December 27, the four captains were announced by the NHL. For the third straight year, Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers was selected to captain the Pacific Division, along with first time captains Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs for the  Atlantic Division and Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche for the Central Division.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Rosters
Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals was selected for the Metropolitan Division, but Ovechkin opted to abstain from the game to rest. Fans were also permitted, after most of the rest of the rosters were set, to vote for a "Last Man In" for each division. The Last Men In—Jeff Skinner (Atlantic), Gabriel Landeskog (Central), Kris Letang (Metropolitan) and Leon Draisaitl (Pacific)—were announced January 11.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Rosters
On January 6, the coaches for the All-Star Game were announced, chosen from the team in each division with the highest points percentage through January 5, roughly the regular season's halfway point: Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning (Atlantic),  Todd Reirden of the Washington Capitals (Metropolitan), Paul Maurice of the Winnipeg Jets (Central), and Bill Peters of the Calgary Flames (Pacific).


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Uniforms
The All-Star uniforms for this game were created by Adidas Parley, the partnership between Adidas and the environmental organization Parley for the Oceans that produces products made with plastic ocean debris. Also for the first time, the uniforms featured each player's respective team logo on the front instead of the NHL shield or conference logo.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Festivities and entertainment
This year's NHL Fan Fair, featuring various fan activities during All-Star Weekend, was held between Thursday, January 24 and Sunday, January 27 at the San Jose Convention Center.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Festivities and entertainment
Country music artist Chad Brownlee performed the Canadian national anthem while singer Lauren Jauregui performed the U.S. national anthem. Singer Bebe Rexha performed during the second intermission. The Stanford Band also performed during the game.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Television
The All-Star Game and skills competition were broadcast in the United States by NBC and NBCSN, respectively. In Canada, both the All-Star Game and skills competition were broadcast In English on both CBC and Sportsnet (under the Hockey Night in Canada branding), and on TVA Sports in French.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Television
The NHL conducted a trial of player and puck tracking during the All-Star Game with technology developed by one of the German Fraunhofer Institutes using transmitters embedded inside pucks and jerseys. The technology enables on-air features such as speed displays, puck tracking graphics (reminiscent of the FoxTrax graphics utilized in the late 1990s by previous U.S. national NHL broadcaster Fox, developed by Sportvision), and marker graphics hovering above players.


2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Television
Using the system, NBC and Sportsnet both showcased some tracking data on their respective broadcasts, while NBC also offered a secondary broadcast of the game via its digital platforms to showcase expanded real-time statistics and other information. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman stated during All-Star weekend that the league planned to deploy the system to all 31 NHL arenas prior to the start of the 2019–20 NHL season.


2019 National Hurling League
The 2019 National Hurling League is the 88th season of the National Hurling League for county teams.


2019 National Hurling League
Kilkenny were the defending champions, having won the 2018 league.


2019 National Hurling League
The GAA announced a new broadcast agreement on 10 January 2019 that runs from 2019 until 2022. Eir Sport and RTÉ provide live TV coverage of the league on Saturday nights. TG4 broadcast Sunday afternoon games. The highlights programmes are RTÉ2's League Sunday on Sunday evenings, TG4's GAA 2019 on Monday evenings and Eir Sport's Allianz Leagues Reloaded on Wednesday evenings.


2019 National Hurling League
Limerick won their first league title since 1997 after a 1-24 to 0-19 win against Waterford in the final on 31 March.


2019 National Hurling League, Redistribution of the top 12 teams for 2020
In November 2018, the GAA's Central Council decided to reorganise Divisions 1A and 1B before the start of the 2020 National Hurling League. As a result there was no relegation from 1A to 1B in 2019.


2019 National Hurling League, Redistribution of the top 12 teams for 2020
In 2019 the teams ranked 1 to 6 competed in Division 1A and the teams ranked 7 to 12 competed in Division 1B. Following the 2019 League the top twelve teams were redistributed into two groups of approximately equal strength. The two new groups were based on their finishing positions in 2019 and will be redrawn after two years.


2019 National Hurling League, Redistribution of the top 12 teams for 2020
On completion of the five rounds on 10 March 2019 and a playoff on 16 March 2019, the two groups in 2020's Division 1 were determined as –


2019 National Hurling League, Redistribution of the top 12 teams for 2020
2020 Division 1 Group ALimerickTipperaryCork (winners of 5th v 6th Division 1A playoff in 2019)WaterfordGalwayWestmeath


2019 National Hurling League, Redistribution of the top 12 teams for 2020
2020 Division 1 Group BWexfordClareKilkenny (losers of 5th v 6th Division 1A playoff in 2019)DublinLaoisCarlow


2019 National Hurling League, Redistribution of the top 12 teams for 2020
GAA President John Horan was of the opinion that the new Division 1 group structure would give managers "an opportunity to actually play players in a developmental manner" as team selections and tactics are likely to be more experimental if the teams do not have to avoid relegation.


2019 National Hurling League, Competition format
Thirty-five teams compete in the 2019 NHL – six teams in the top five divisions (Divisions 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A) and five teams in Division 3B. All thirty-two county teams from Ireland take part. London, Lancashire and Warwickshire complete the lineup.


2019 National Hurling League, Competition format
Each team plays all the other teams in their division once, either home or away. Two points are awarded for a win, and one for a draw.


2019 National Hurling League, Competition format
The Division 1 hurling quarter-finals and semi-finals will finish on the day the games are played. If a quarter-final or semi-final is level after the initial seventy minutes, still level after two ten minute periods of extra time played each way, and still level after two further five minute periods of extra time, the outcome will be decided by a free-taking competition. This means the winner of quarter-finals and semi-finals will determined without requiring a replay and allow the league finals to be held on the scheduled date.


2019 National Hurling League, Division 1A, Division 1 Format
In 2019 the 12 teams in Division 1 were organised into two further divisions - teams ranked one to six in Division 1A and teams ranked seven to twelve in Division 1B. In 2020 the twelve top teams will be redistributed into two divisions of approximately equal strength which will be redrawn every two years.


2019 National Hurling League, Division 1A, Division 1 Format
Each team played all the other teams in their group once. Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. The top four teams in both 1A and 1B advanced to the league quarter-finals with the top team in 1A playing the fourth team in 1B, the second team in 1A playing the third in 1B, etc. Two semi-finals and a final followed.


2019 National Hurling League, Division 1 Knockout, Division 1 Quarter-Finals
The hurling quarter-finals finish on the day the games are played, avoiding the need for replays. If the score is level after the initial seventy minutes, still level after two ten minute periods of extra time played each way, and still level after a further two five minute periods of extra time, a free-taking competition is held. Each team nominates five players to take frees from their chosen position on a sixty five metre line selected by the referee and without defenders. The nominated players from each team take alternate turns. If the teams score an equal number of the five frees, the outcome of the match is decided by sudden death frees using the same nominated players in the same order.


2019 National Hurling League, Division 1 Knockout, Division 1 Quarter-Finals
The fixtures are 1st in Division 1A plays 4th in Division 1B, 2nd in Division 1A plays 3rd in Division 1B, etc. Home advantage is decided by whichever team has played fewer home games in their five league games, with a coin toss taking place if the number of home games played is the same for both teams.


2019 National Hurling League, Division 1 Knockout, Division 1 Semi-Finals
The hurling semi-finals finish on the day the games are played, avoiding the need for replays. If the score is level after the initial seventy minutes, still level after two ten minute periods of extra time played each way, and still level after a further two five minute periods of extra time, a free-taking competition is held. Each team nominates five players to take frees from their chosen position on a sixty five metre line selected by the referee and without defenders. The nominated players from each team take alternate turns. If the teams score an equal number of the five frees, the outcome of the match is decided by sudden death frees using the same nominated players in the same order.


2019 National Hurling League, Division 1 Knockout, Division 1 Final
The final was postponed from 24 March to 31 March 2019 as three of the round five fixtures were called off due to bad weather on the weekend of 2–3 March.


2019 National Hurling League, Division 1 Knockout, Division 1A Play-Off
This playoff between the teams ranked 5th and 6th in 2019's Division 1A was used to determine which of the two groups the teams were allocated to in 2020's restructured Division 1. Brian Cody, the Kilkenny manager, described it as "a futile match really".


2019 National Invitation Tournament
The 2019 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I men's college basketball teams that were not selected to participate in the 2019 NCAA Tournament. The tournament started on March 19, and concluded on April 4. The first three rounds were played on campus sites with the higher seeded team acting as host. The semifinals and championship game were held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.


2019 National Invitation Tournament, Experimental rules
On February 22, 2019, the NCAA announced a set of experimental rules that were used in this edition of the NIT.


2019 National Invitation Tournament, Experimental rules
The following rules were also used in the 2018 NIT:


2019 National Invitation Tournament, Experimental rules
A set of rules relating to free throws that had been used in the 2017 NIT were used again in the 2019 edition, with one modification:


2019 National Invitation Tournament, Participants, Automatic qualifiers
The following teams were guaranteed berths into the 2019 NIT field by having the best regular season record in their conference but failing to win their conference tournament. Such teams were eligible to receive an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament but did not.


2019 National Invitation Tournament, Media
ESPN, Inc. had exclusive television rights to all of the NIT Games. It telecast every game across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3. Westwood One had exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and the championship.


2019 National Invitational Softball Championship
The 2019 National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC) began on May 16, 2019 and concluded on May 26.


2019 National Invitational Softball Championship, Tournament play and team selection
The NISC tournament is designed to feature forty-eight teams in eight six-team regional tournaments with the regional champions advancing to a National Finals tournament. The regionals and the Finals are double-elimination competitions.


2019 National Invitational Softball Championship, Tournament play and team selection
For the inaugural tournament, only fifteen of the thirty-two NCAA conferences sent an automatic qualifier (AQ). Seven schools having non-losing records and RPIs in the top 100 entered the tournament with "National RPI" bids. Four other teams with non-losing records against challenging schedules were added as "At-large" teams. The twenty-six teams were placed in six regional tournaments of four or five teams. The six regional champions advanced to the National Finals at Liberty University, a site that was determined after the regional competitions.


2019 National Invitational Softball Championship, Championship Bracket, Bracket
The third annual National Invitational Softball Championship finals were played May 24–26, 2018 at TC Colorado Field in Fort Collins, Colorado. Teams were seeded by their RPIs.


2019 National Junior A Championship
The 2019 National Junior A Championship was the 49th Canadian junior A ice hockey national championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League and the 49th consecutive year a national championship was awarded to this skill level since the breakaway of Major Junior hockey in 1970. The tournament was played at the Centennial Regional Arena in Brooks, Alberta from May 11 to 19, 2019. The event and championship trophy were without a sponsor or title for this year following the ending of Royal Bank of Canada's partnership with Hockey Canada; Hockey Canada formally reinstated the Centennial Cup as the Junior 'A' championship in the summer of 2019.


2019 National League Championship Series
The 2019 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series between the two winners of the 2019 National League Division Series, the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals, for the National League (NL) pennant and the right to play in the 2019 World Series. The series was scheduled in a 2–3–2 format. Because the Nationals were a wild card team, the Cardinals had home-field advantage. The series was the 50th NLCS in league history, with TBS televising all games in the United States.


2019 National League Championship Series
For the third straight year, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; as with the ALCS, this NLCS was sponsored by GEICO and officially known as the 2019 National League Championship Series presented by GEICO.


2019 National League Championship Series
This was the second NLCS in which the winning team never trailed during a game (the other being in 2015) and the second postseason series in which the winning team scored first in every game and never relinquished a lead once taken (the first being the 1966 World Series). This was also the first NLCS since 2015 to end in a sweep and the fourth best-of-seven NLCS to do so (the others being in 2007 and 1995).


2019 National League Championship Series
The Nationals won their first National League pennant, and would go on to defeat the Houston Astros in the World Series in seven games, winning their first World Series championship in franchise history and bringing Washington D.C. its first World Series title since the Washington Senators back in 1924. The Nationals also became the second team to sweep their opponent in the LCS since the series became best-of-seven, and subsequently win the World Series (the first being the Atlanta Braves in 1995).


2019 National League Championship Series, Background
Both of the best-of-five National League Division Series went the full five games. This was the first time since the 2012 NLDS that both series went to five games.


2019 National League Championship Series, Background
The Washington Nationals, winners of the National League Wild Card Game, upset the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers. The Nationals were 19–31 on May 23, then went 74–38 the rest of the season to finish in the top NL wild card spot.


2019 National League Championship Series, Background
The St. Louis Cardinals were 44–44 at the All-Star break, and also finished the season strong, going 47–27 after the break and winning their first National League Central title in four years. As a third-seed, the Cardinals upset the second-seeded Atlanta Braves.


2019 National League Championship Series, Background
This was the 14th NLCS appearance for the Cardinals, who had a 7–6 record in prior Championship Series. It was the second NLCS appearance for the Nationals, who lost the 1981 NLCS when they were the Montreal Expos.


2019 National League Championship Series, Background
The only prior postseason meeting between these two teams was the 2012 NLDS, won by St. Louis. The Cardinals and Nationals faced each other seven times during the 2019 regular season, with the Cardinals winning five of those games.


2019 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Nationals entered Game 1 without closer Daniel Hudson, who was placed on paternity leave; Wander Suero was activated in his place. Washington got one run in the second as Yan Gomes drove in Howie Kendrick with a two-out double. Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas went six innings, allowing one run on seven hits while striking out seven. The Nationals added a run in the seventh, again with two outs, as Kendrick drove in Adam Eaton, who had tripled.


2019 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Washington starting pitcher Aníbal Sánchez did not allow a hit until a two-out single by José Martínez in the eighth inning; Sánchez struck out five, walked one, and hit two batsmen in 7+2⁄3 innings. Sean Doolittle relieved Sánchez and recorded the final four outs, giving Washington the 2–0 win and a 1–0 lead in the series. Sánchez had also been the starting pitcher in the most recent prior one-hitter in playoff history, Game 1 of the 2013 ALCS, coming against the Boston Red Sox when he played for the Detroit Tigers. It was Doolittle's first save this postseason.


2019 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Nationals closer Daniel Hudson returned to the team from paternity leave. Washington took a 1–0 lead in the top of the third inning on a home run by Michael A. Taylor. Washington starting pitcher Max Scherzer did not allow a hit until Paul Goldschmidt led off the seventh inning with a single; Scherzer allowed only the one hit, struck out 11, and walked two in seven innings.


2019 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
By holding the Cardinals hitless through the first five innings of each of their starts, Scherzer and teammate Aníbal Sánchez repeated a feat they accomplished in Games 1 and 2 of the 2013 American League Championship Series, a feat no other pair of pitchers has ever accomplished in the postseason. The Nationals added two runs in the eighth when Adam Eaton hit a double into the right-field corner to drive in Matt Adams and Trea Turner.


2019 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Paul DeJong scored the Cardinals' first run of the series in the eighth inning ahead of a double by José Martínez over Taylor's outstretched glove. Hudson then retired the final two hitters on fly outs, the second a foul popup to first base, to record the save, his third this postseason.


2019 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Game 3 starting pitchers were Jack Flaherty for the Cardinals and Stephen Strasburg for the Nationals. Washington scored first, in the third inning; with a runner on first and two outs, a single, double, walk, wild pitch, and another double pushed across four runs. Flaherty exited after four innings, having allowed four runs on five hits while striking out six. Washington added two more runs in the fifth inning, again starting with a runner on first and two outs, via back-to-back doubles. A Víctor Robles home run in the sixth inning extended the lead to 7–0.


2019 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Each team scored once in the seventh inning, yielding an 8–1 final score and giving Washington a commanding 3–0 lead in the series, as Tanner Rainey concluded matters by working the ninth, and retired Tommy Edman on a flyout to Juan Soto to win it. Flaherty took the loss, while Strasburg was credited with the win, having allowed one run on seven hits while striking out 12 in seven innings.


2019 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Game 4 starting pitchers were Dakota Hudson for the Cardinals and Patrick Corbin for the Nationals. The Nationals chased Hudson in the first inning by scoring seven runs on a sacrifice fly, double, and three singles. For the night, Hudson pitched 1⁄3 of an inning, allowing seven runs (four earned) on five hits, one walk, and a dropped-throw error by second baseman Kolten Wong.


2019 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Hudson's seven runs allowed tied the postseason record for most runs allowed in a start lasting 1⁄3 of an inning or less, a record set by Mike Foltynewicz in Game 5 of the 2019 NLDS, ironically against the Cardinals. The Cardinals scored their first run in the fourth on a home run by Yadier Molina and three more in the fifth on an RBI groundout by Tommy Edman and a two-run double by José Martínez. Corbin was credited with the win after allowing four runs on four hits in five innings; he also walked three and struck out 12.


2019 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Washington closer Daniel Hudson entered the game with two outs in the eighth inning. After hitting Molina with a pitch and walking Paul DeJong, Hudson retired the final four batters he faced, retiring Tommy Edman on a fly out to center fielder Victor Robles for the final out, to record his fourth save of this postseason. The win sent the Nationals to the World Series for the first time in the franchise's 51-year history dating back to their founding as the Montreal Expos in 1969. Howie Kendrick was voted the MVP of the series. It was also the first appearance in the World Series for a Washington team since 1933. The Nationals were the last National League team to appear in the World Series, leaving the Seattle Mariners as the only team in Major League Baseball to have never made it.


2019 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The Cardinals' .130 batting average (16-for-123) set an NLCS record for lowest team batting average.


2019 National League Division Series
The 2019 National League Division Series were two best-of-five-games series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine the participating teams of the 2019 National League Championship Series. The three divisional winners, seeded first through third, and a fourth team—determined by the NL Wild Card Game—played in two series. These matchups were:


2019 National League Division Series
The higher-seeded team of each series hosted Games 1, 2 and 5, with the lower-seeded team hosting Games 3 and 4.


2019 National League Division Series
The Nationals would go on to defeat the Cardinals in the NLCS, for their first League pennant. They then won the 2019 World Series over the American League champion Houston Astros, for their first-ever World title.


2019 National League Division Series
For the third straight year, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series. This NLDS was sponsored by Utz and officially known as the 2019 National League Division Series presented by Utz Snacks. The Cardinals and Nationals won their respective series to advance to the Championship Series.


2019 National League Division Series
This was the first time that both NLDS winners overcame a 2–1 series deficit in the same year.


2019 National League Division Series, Background
The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the National League West title on September 10, and secured the top-seed in the NLDS via their league-leading winning percentage. They had home field advantage against the Washington Nationals, who defeated the Milwaukee Brewers on October 1 in the Wild Card Game. Los Angeles was 4–3 during the regular season against Washington.


2019 National League Division Series, Background
The Atlanta Braves clinched the National League East on September 20, and secured the second-seed in the NLDS via their winning percentage. They had home field advantage against the third-seeded St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals clinched the National League Central on September 29, the final day of the regular season. The Braves were 4–2 during the regular season against the Cardinals.


2019 National League Division Series, Background
This was the league-leading 15th NLDS appearance for Atlanta, and 14th for both Los Angeles and St. Louis. This was the Nationals' fifth division series appearance in team history, and the sixth in franchise history (once as the Montreal Expos).


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington
This was the third postseason meeting between the Dodgers and the Nationals franchise. The most recent meeting was in the 2016 National League Division Series, with Los Angeles winning in five. The other took place in the 1981 National League Championship Series, in which the Dodgers won the National League pennant over the then-Montreal Expos in five games.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 1
Walker Buehler started game 1 for the Dodgers and Patrick Corbin for the Nationals. In the bottom of the first, Corbin walked four batters, including a bases loaded walk to Max Muncy to give the Dodgers the early lead. The Dodgers got another run in the fifth inning when Cody Bellinger scored on a fielding error by Howie Kendrick. Buehler allowed only one hit in six scoreless innings, while striking out eight and walking three. Corbin allowed only one earned run on three hits and five walks while striking out nine in six innings.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 1
Muncy drove in two more runs with a bases loaded single off Fernando Rodney in the seventh and Gavin Lux hit a pinch-hit homer off Hunter Strickland in the eighth. Joc Pederson also homered off Strickland to extend the lead, as the Dodgers held the Nationals to two hits in the 6–0 win. At 21 years and 314 days, Gavin Lux was the youngest player all-time to hit a pinch-hit home run in the playoffs. He was also the youngest Dodger to hit a home run in a playoff game, with that previous record belonging to Cody Bellinger, who homered at the age of 22 years and 88 days during the 2017 NLDS against the Arizona Diamondbacks.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 2
The starting pitchers for game 2 were Clayton Kershaw for the Dodgers and Stephen Strasburg for the Nationals. The Nationals got on the board first when Howie Kendrick drove in Trea Turner with a single in the first. They got two more in the second on RBI hits by Adam Eaton and Anthony Rendon. Kershaw pitched six innings, allowing the three runs on six hits, two hit batters, and one walk with four strikeouts. The Dodgers finally scored on a sacrifice fly by Justin Turner in the sixth inning.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 2
Strasburg struck out 10 in six innings while only allowing one run on three hits. Max Muncy homered off Sean Doolittle in the seventh to cut the lead to one. The Nationals got the run back the next inning, when pinch-hitter Asdrúbal Cabrera singled to right off Dustin May to drive in a run from third. The Dodgers loaded the bases off Daniel Hudson in the ninth but failed to score and the Nationals evened up the series at one all with the 4–2 win. Hudson earned his second save this postseason.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 3
Game 3 featured a matchup between Aníbal Sánchez of the Nationals and Hyun-jin Ryu of the Dodgers. Juan Soto hit a two-run homer off Ryu in the first inning to give the Nationals the early lead. Muncy homered in the fifth off Sánchez to cut the lead in half. Sánchez pitched five innings, allowing the one run on four hits and two walks, with a season high nine strikeouts. Ryu allowed the two runs on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 3
The Nationals used game 1 starter Patrick Corbin in relief in the sixth and Russell Martin drove in two runs with a double to give the Dodgers their first lead of the game. Kiké Hernández drove in two more later that inning with a pinch-hit double and Justin Turner followed that with a three-run home run off of Wander Suero. Joe Kelly loaded the bases the next inning and then threw a wild pitch that scored Anthony Rendon. A sacrifice fly by Asdrúbal Cabrera gave the Nationals another run. Martin hit a two-run homer off Hunter Strickland in the ninth to give the Dodgers ten runs in the game. They went on to win the game 10–4.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 4
Max Scherzer started for the Nationals in Game 4 opposite Rich Hill for the Dodgers. Justin Turner hit a solo homer off Scherzer in the first inning to start the scoring. In the third inning, Hill loaded the bases on two walks and a single before Anthony Rendon hit a sacrifice fly to tie the score. He walked another batter to load the bases again but Kenta Maeda replaced Hill and got a groundout to end the inning. Hill wound up pitching 22⁄3 innings, with one run allowed on two hits and four walks.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 4
Trea Turner led off the fifth inning with a single off Julio Urías, advanced on a bunt and then scored the go-ahead run on a single by Rendon. Ryan Zimmerman hit a three-run home run off Pedro Báez later that inning. Rendon drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth off of Ross Stripling. Scherzer escaped a bases loaded jam in the seventh to pitch seven innings on 109 pitches, allowing only the one run on four hits and three walks with seven strikeouts. The Nationals secured a 6–1 victory, evening up the series and sending it to a winner-take-all fifth game.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 5
Los Angeles and Washington previously met in one NLDS Game 5, with the Dodgers winning in 2016. Los Angeles was 2–1 in prior NLDS Game 5 appearances, while Washington was 1–3 (their one win was in 1981, as the Montreal Expos). This game featured a matchup of Game 1 winner Walker Buehler and Game 2 winner Stephen Strasburg. The Dodgers jumped on Strasburg in the bottom of the first with a double by Joc Pederson followed by a two-run home run from Max Muncy, his third of the series.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 5
Kiké Hernández hit a homer in the second to extend the lead to three. The Nationals got on the scoreboard in the sixth inning when Juan Soto singled to score Anthony Rendon. Strasburg pitched six innings, with three runs on six hits and one walk and seven strikeouts while Buehler pitched 62⁄3 innings, allowing one run on four hits, three walks and a hit batsman while striking out seven. Back-to-back home runs in the eighth by Rendon and Juan Soto off Clayton Kershaw tied the game.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 5
With a scoreless ninth inning, the game went to extra innings, the first NLDS Game 5 to do so since 2011. Howie Kendrick hit a grand slam off of Joe Kelly in the top of the tenth inning to give the Nationals a 7–3 lead. Sean Doolittle set down the Dodgers in order in the bottom of the tenth, getting Justin Turner to fly out to Michael Taylor for the third out; the Dodgers called for a video review, but the call was upheld and it ended the series.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 5
The Nationals advanced to the NLCS, while the Dodgers' two-year reign as NL champions was over and their 31st straight year without a title. This was the third straight year and fourth time in the last five years the Dodgers were eliminated from the postseason at home, and was also the first time the Dodgers were eliminated from the NLDS since 2015. As a result of the NLDS Game 5 loss, the Dodgers became the first team to win 105+ games in a season to not advance to the LCS since the Division Series was introduced. This was also just the third LCS winner-take-all Game 5 to go into extra innings. For the Washington Nationals, after several NLDS exits, they advanced to the NLCS for the first time since 1981 when they were based in Montreal as the Expos.


2019 National League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. Washington, Game 5
Charlie Steiner, fan of the Dodgers since the Brooklyn days and long time radio play-by-play announcer, said after the final out that this was one of the Dodgers’ most devastating losses in their 129-year history. The disappointment would be short lived as the Dodgers won the World Series the following season.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis
This was the fifth postseason meeting between the Braves and Cardinals. The previous four match-ups were the 1982 National League Championship Series, the 1996 National League Championship Series, the 2000 National League Division Series and 2012 National League Wild Card Game. The Cardinals were 3–1 in those previous meetings.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 1
The Cardinals tabbed Miles Mikolas, who led the National League in losses, to start Game 1. He was opposed by left-hander Dallas Keuchel. The Braves quickly got to work against Mikolas, with Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ozzie Albies both drawing walks and Freddie Freeman singling to load the bases. Josh Donaldson then hit a ground ball to second baseman Kolten Wong. It looked like an easy double play, but Wong could not field the ball cleanly, allowing Acuña to score.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 1
Dallas Keuchel kept the Cardinals bats quiet until the fifth inning when Harrison Bader singled to lead off the inning, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and stole third base. Dexter Fowler hit a ground ball out that scored Bader from third base to tie the game 1–1. Tommy Edman would then double and move Fowler to third and Keuchel was relieved by Darren O'Day, who got Paul Goldschmidt to line out to shortstop Dansby Swanson.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 1
The Braves would retake the lead on a Donaldson hit by pitch, a Nick Markakis double, and Tyler Webb intentionally walked Adam Duvall, who was pinch hitting for Matt Joyce. One out later, Swanson singled in two runs on a ground ball to shortstop Paul DeJong that was deflected by Edman's glove. Chris Martin came out the bullpen, but did not throw a pitch as he left with an oblique injury, and was replaced by Luke Jackson. Jackson allowed a solo home run to Goldschmidt to cut the lead to one.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 1
Matt Carpenter tied the game up with a bloop single that scored DeJong. The Cardinals would break the tie in the ninth with four runs off Braves closer Mark Melancon, with Ozuna doubling home Fowler and Edman and Wong doubling home Goldschmidt and Ozuna which made it 7–3. The Braves rallied off of closer Carlos Martínez with Ronald Acuña hitting a two-run home run and Freeman hitting a monstrous shot to dead center field. Martínez would end the rally though, getting Donaldson to ground out and striking out Markakis to seal the Game 1 victory for St. Louis.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 2
Jack Flaherty, who was the Cardinals ace for the second half, got the ball for Game 2, and was opposed by right-hander Mike Foltynewicz. Like Game 1, the Braves got to work quickly against Flaherty, with an Albies infield hit, a wild pitch and an RBI single from Donaldson. Foltynewicz would shut down the Cardinals bats, holding them to three hits over seven innings of work. Duvall provided insurance with a two-run home run off Flaherty in the seventh.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 2
Melancon, who was the Game 1 loser, came in the game in the ninth for the save and allowed two one-out singles to Goldschmidt and Ozuna. Melancon would work out of trouble though, striking out Yadier Molina and Wong to end the game and send the series to St. Louis tied at one game each.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 3
Game 3 featured a pitching matchup of Adam Wainwright for the Cardinals and Mike Soroka for the visiting Braves. St. Louis took an early 1–0 lead, as Marcell Ozuna had a second-inning double then scored following a ground out and sacrifice fly. Soroka went seven innings, allowing just one run and two hits, while striking out seven. Wainwright went 7+2⁄3 innings, allowing no runs on four hits, and striking out eight. There was no further scoring until the top of the ninth, when St. Louis brought in closer Carlos Martínez.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 3
Following a double, two strikeouts, and an intentional walk, Dansby Swanson doubled, scoring one run and placing runners on second and third. Adam Duvall then hit an 0–2 pitch for a single, driving in two runs. A walk and a line out ended the rally with Atlanta ahead, 3–1. Braves closer Mark Melancon allowed one hit in the bottom of the ninth but otherwise shut down the Cardinals to earn his second save of the series, as Atlanta took a 2–1 series lead. This was Atlanta's first playoff win after trailing in the ninth inning or later since Game 6 of the 1999 NLCS against the Mets.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 4
Dakota Hudson got the ball for St. Louis to try to send the series back to Atlanta for a Game 5. His mound opponent was Game 1 starter Dallas Keuchel, who held the Cardinals to one run over 4+2⁄3 in Game 1. The Cardinals got to Keuchel early this time, hitting back to back home runs by Paul Goldschmidt and Marcell Ozuna. The Braves chipped away at the deficit when Ozzie Albies hit a sacrifice fly to get the Braves on the board. Ozuna homered again in the fourth inning to get the run back for the Cardinals.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 4
However, in the fifth inning, Hudson ran into trouble as Dansby Swanson doubled with one out and Adam Duvall reached on a fielding error by Matt Carpenter. One out later, Albies hit a two-run home run to put the Braves ahead 4–3 and chased starter Dakota Hudson from the game. The Cardinals would rally to tie the game in the eighth when Goldschmidt doubled with one out and scored on a Yadier Molina single that just got by the leaping Freddie Freeman.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 4
The Cardinals would win it in the bottom of the tenth, when Kolten Wong doubled to lead off the inning, Goldschmidt was intentionally walked, Ozuna grounded into a forceplay and Molina, who tied it in the eighth inning, walked it off with a sacrifice fly that scored Wong and sent the Cardinals back to Atlanta for a Game 5.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 5
This was the first NLDS Game 5 between Atlanta and St. Louis. Atlanta entered the game 0–3 in prior NLDS Game 5 appearances, while St. Louis was 3–1. Atlanta starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz lasted only 1⁄3 of an inning, leaving after allowing three hits and three walks (one intentional); he was charged with seven runs (six earned). The Cardinals' ten runs in the first inning set a Major League Baseball record for first-inning runs in a postseason game, and tied the Major League Baseball record for the most runs in any inning in a postseason game.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Game 5
St. Louis added a run in the second and two in the third, while a Josh Donaldson home run got Atlanta on the board in the fourth. Jack Flaherty went six innings; striking out eight to earn the win. With no further scoring, the Cardinals advanced to the NLCS via a 13–1 final score, as Génesis Cabrera struck out Dansby Swanson swinging to end the series. It was the Braves' 24th straight year without a title.


2019 National League Division Series, Atlanta vs. St. Louis, Composite line score
Atlanta catcher Brian McCann announced his retirement following Game 5.


2019 National League Wild Card Game
The 2019 National League Wild Card Game was a  play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2019 postseason contested between the National League's two wild card teams: the Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers. Played on October 1, Washington won by a score of 4–3 to advance to the National League Division Series to face the Los Angeles Dodgers. The game was televised nationally by TBS.


2019 National League Wild Card Game
For the third straight year, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; as with the 2019 AL Wild Card Game, this wild-card game was again presented by sponsor Hankook Tire and officially known as the 2019 National League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook Tire.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Background
Washington entered the game with a 93–69 record, while Milwaukee was 89–73. They met six times during the regular season, with Milwaukee winning the season series 4–2.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Background
The Washington Nationals secured a berth in the Wild Card Game on September 24. The Nationals finished second in the National League East, behind the Atlanta Braves. The Nationals secured home field advantage on September 28. This was Washington's first playoff appearance as a wild card team.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Background
The Milwaukee Brewers secured a postseason berth on September 26, and became the second NL wild card on September 29, the final day of the regular season. The Brewers finished second in the National League Central, behind the St. Louis Cardinals. This was Milwaukee's third playoff appearance as a wild card team, the first being in 2008, and their first Wild Card Game appearance.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
For the first time in Montreal-Washington franchise history, the Nationals appeared in a wild-card game, facing the Milwaukee Brewers at Nationals Park. Although Max Scherzer had suffered a series of injuries since mid-season, manager Dave Martinez decided to go with him as Washington's starter for the game. Scherzer walked the Brewers′ first batter, right fielder Trent Grisham, and then gave up a home run in the next Milwaukee at-bat to catcher Yasmani Grandal,. In the second inning, Milwaukee first baseman Eric Thames led off with a home run, and the Nationals trailed 3–0.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
Scherzer faced threats in the fourth inning, when Thames doubled and advanced to third, and in the fifth inning, when he walked both pinch hitter Travis Shaw and Grandal, but he did not allow the Brewers to score again. He left the game after five innings, having thrown 77 pitches, walking three Brewers and striking out six.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
Washington generated little offense over the first seven innings. Against Milwaukee starter Brandon Woodruff, the Nationals managed only two hits, although one of them was a home run that shortstop Trea Turner hit in the bottom of the third to cut Milwaukee's lead to 3–1. Woodruff left the game after four innings, and Milwaukee relievers Brent Suter and Drew Pomeranz pitched the fifth, sixth and seventh innings without allowing any base runners.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
For Washington, Stephen Strasburg came into the game in relief of Scherzer — the first relief appearance of Strasburg's career, including both regular season and playoff games — and during the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings gave up two hits but no runs, walking no one and striking out four.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
The game's third through seventh innings thus mostly passed quietly, although an electrical malfunction at Nationals Park caused fire alarms to sound in the fourth inning and knocked out the public address system for several minutes, resulting in the nightly Presidents Race being run without the customary play-by-play and with third baseman Anthony Rendon and left fielder Juan Soto coming to bat unannounced in the bottom of the fourth.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
The bottom of the eighth was the decisive inning of the game. Milwaukee closer Josh Hader came in for a potential six-out save and struck out center fielder Victor Robles to start the inning. Then Michael A. Taylor pinch-hit for Strasburg and reached first when the umpiring crew ruled that a pitch which appeared either to have hit Taylor or the knob of his bat had in fact hit him, and a Brewers challenge resulted in that decision being upheld. Trea Turner struck out, but pinch hitter Ryan Zimmerman then hit a broken-bat single to center, advancing Taylor to third.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
After Andrew Stevenson came in to pinch-run for Zimmerman, Anthony Rendon – batting with the crowd chanting "MVP! MVP!" – walked on a full count to load the bases. Juan Soto then singled to right and Milwaukee right fielder Trent Grisham misplayed the ball; by the time Soto was tagged out between second and third to end the inning, Taylor, Stevenson, and Rendon all had scored to give the Nationals a 4–3 lead, their first lead of the game. Daniel Hudson then closed for the Nats, giving up one hit in a scoreless ninth inning and earning the save by getting Ben Gamel to fly out to lock down a 4–3 victory.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
The win was the Nationals′ ninth in a row, and as the home crowd chanted "Beat LA! Beat LA!," the Nationals celebrated on the field. Previously, the Nationals – who had lost eight of their last nine playoff losses by one run – had been 0–3 in winner-take-all postseason games, and all three losses had come in National League Division Series games at Nationals Park and by a combined total of only four runs.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
The wild-card victory over Milwaukee was the first time in Nationals history, and only the second time in franchise history, that the team had advanced beyond the first round of the playoffs. For Max Scherzer, the win broke a streak of seven straight postseason games in which his team had lost a game in which he appeared. The Nationals advanced to the 2019 National League Division Series to face the Los Angeles Dodgers.


2019 National League Wild Card Game, Aftermath
The 2019 National League Wild Card game would be a sign of things to come for the Nationals. The Nats would thrive in playing in elimination games during the 2019 postseason, as they went 5-0 in such games, on the way to their first championship in franchise history and first for a Washington D.C. baseball team since 1924.


2019 National League play-off Final
The 2019 National League play-off Final , known as the Vanarama National League Promotion Final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London on 11 May 2019 to decide the second team to be promoted from the National League to EFL League Two for the 2019–20 season. The culmination of the 2019 National League play-offs saw Salford City beat AFC Fylde 3–0 to earn promotion alongside the National League champions Leyton Orient. The match had a record low attendance.


2019 National People's Congress
The 2019 National People's Congress, or the Second Session of the 13th National People's Congress, was held in March 2019 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. The session opened on 8 March and concluded on 20 March. Major state positions were elected in this session.


2019 National People's Congress
The work report of the 13th NPC Standing Committee was delivered by Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. The explanation on the draft foreign investment law during the meeting was delivered by Wang Chen, vice chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.


2019 National People's Congress
In Premier Li's work report, the 2019 GDP growth target was lowered to a 6-6.5 per cent range due to the US-China trade war, an already high debt level and financing bottlenecks for private enterprises. Among the solutions suggested in Li's report included tax and fees cuts, stabilisation of employment and more social services. The Premier's report was approved with 2,945 votes in favour and three abstentions.


2019 National People's Congress
The NPC announced a defense budget spending increase of 7.5%.


2019 National Premier Leagues
The 2019 National Premier Leagues was the seventh season of the Australian National Premier Leagues football competition. The league competition was played by eight separate state and territory member federations. The divisions are ACT, NSW, Northern NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The winners of each respective divisional league competed in a finals series tournament at season end, culminating in a Grand Final.


2019 National Premier Leagues
Wollongong Wolves were crowned National Premier Leagues Champions and originally qualified directly for the 2020 FFA Cup Round of 32. Since that competition was cancelled, Wollongong Wolves qualified for the 2021 FFA Cup Round of 32.


2019 National Premier Leagues, Final Series
The winner of each league competition (top of the table) in the NPL competed in a single match knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2019. Home advantage for the semi-finals and final was based on a formula relating to time of winning (normal time, extra time or penalties), goals scored and allowed, and yellow/red cards. In addition, the winner will qualify for the 2020 FFA Cup Round of 32.


2019 National Premier Leagues Grand Final
The 2019 National Premier Leagues Grand Final was the seventh National Premier Leagues Grand Final, the championship deciding match of the National Premier Leagues in Australia. It was played on 5 October 2019 at Albert Butler Park in Wollongong between Wollongong Wolves and Lions FC. Wollongong won the match 4–3 to secure their first championship in the National Premier Leagues.


2019 National Premier Leagues Grand Final, Broadcasting
The Grand Final was broadcast live throughout Australia on Facebook Live and YouTube.


2019 National Premier Leagues Victoria
The 2019 National Premier Leagues Victoria was the sixth season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the top league in Victorian football. Heidelberg United were the defending champions, having won their first championship title the previous season.


2019 National Premier Leagues Victoria, Teams
Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from previous season and the two teams promoted from the NPL Victoria 2. The promoted teams were Dandenong City from the Eastern conference and Altona Magic from the Western conference. They replaced Northcote City and Bulleen Lions.


2019 National Premier Leagues Victoria Grand Final
The 2019 National Premier Leagues Grand Final was the sixth National Premier Leagues Victoria Grand Final, the championship deciding match of the National Premier Leagues Victoria in Australia. It was played on 15 September 2019 at AAMI Park in Melbourne between Avondale and Bentleigh Greens. Bentleigh won on penalties to secure their second National Premier Leagues Victoria title.


2019 National Premier Leagues Victoria Grand Final, Broadcasting
The Grand Final was broadcast live through Australia on Facebook Live and YouTube.


2019 National Pro Fastpitch season
The 2019 National Pro Fastpitch season was the 16th season of professional softball under the name National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) for the only professional women's softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL). Each year, the playoff teams battle for the Cowles Cup.


2019 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events
On October 30, 2018, National Pro Fastpitch announced the addition of the expansion team Canadian Wild for the 2019 season, which features members of Canada women's national softball team.


2019 National Pro Fastpitch season, Player acquisition, College draft
The 2019 NPF College Draft was the 16th annual collegiate draft held on April 15, 2019, in Nashville, Tennessee. Pitcher Kelly Barnhill of Florida was selected first overall by the Chicago Bandits.


2019 National Pro Fastpitch season, League standings
Updated as of the results of all games through August 11, 2019.


2019 National Rugby Championship
The 2019 National Rugby Championship was the sixth season of the top flight of Australian domestic rugby union. The competition began on 31 August and concluded on 26 October. The match of the round was broadcast live each week on Fox Sports and Kayo Sports, with all matches streamed on rugby.com.au live. The championship featured eight professional teams, seven from Australia and one from Fiji.


2019 National Rugby Championship, Teams
The eight teams for the 2019 NRC season include two from New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one each from Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Western Australia, and Fiji:


2019 National Rugby Championship, Television coverage and streaming
One NRC match per round is broadcast live via Fox Sports. All matches are also shown live on the Kayo Sports and Rugby.com.au streaming platforms.


2019 National Rugby Championship, Experimental Law Variations
Two new trial variations were included for the 2019 NRC.


2019 National Rugby Championship, Regular season
The eight teams competed in a round-robin tournament for the regular season. During this section of the competition, teams also played for the Horan-Little Shield, a challenge trophy put on the line when a challenge is accepted by the holders or mandated by the terms of the competition.


2019 National Rugby Championship, Regular season
The regular season standings were determined via a slightly modified version of the standard competition points system— the same system as was used for The Rugby Championship and Super Rugby—with a bonus point awarded to a winning team scoring at least 3 more tries than their opponent; and a bonus point awarded to a losing team defeated by a margin of 7 points or under. Four points were awarded for a win and none for a loss; two points were awarded to each team for a draw.


2019 National Rugby Championship, Regular season
Each team's placement was based on its cumulative points total, including any bonus points earned. For teams level on table points, tiebreakers apply in the following order:


2019 National Rugby Championship, Regular season
The top four teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the title play-offs in the form of semi-finals followed by a final to determine the champion team.


2019 National Rugby Championship, Regular season, Standings
Source:  • Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the regular season qualify for the title playoffs. HL denotes the holder of the Horan-Little Shield.


2019 National Rugby Championship, Title playoffs, Final
Assistant Referees:Graham Cooper (Australia)Jordan Way (Australia)Television match official:Alexander Ninkov (Australia)


2019 National Rugby Championship, NRC Division 2
The NRC II tournament was hosted by Rugby Union South Australia on 26–29 September in Adelaide as a competition for member unions and regions in Rugby Australia without a pathway to professional rugby via the main National Rugby Championship. The tournament was a reprisal of sorts of the Australian Rugby Shield which had been disbanded ten years earlier, and most of the representative teams which had featured in the Shield were invited to participate in NRC Division 2 in 2019. The eight teams scheduled to play in the tournament were:


2019 National Rugby Championship, Notes
The Northern Territory Mosquitoes team was a late withdrawal from the NRC II for 2019 and did not compete in the tournament.


2019 National Society of Film Critics Awards
The 54th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 2020, honored the best in film for 2019.


2019 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners
Winners are listed in boldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:


2019 National Women's League (New Zealand)
The 2019 National Women's League was the seventeenth season of the NWL, New Zealand's top level women's football league since its establishment in 2002. Seven teams were involved in this season representing the different regions in New Zealand. This was the second year that the league played two rounds, with the two highest-placed sides progressing to a one-off grand final. The season also featured a double header round over Labour weekend, in which all sides except Central played two matches over the weekend.


2019 National Women's League (New Zealand), Regular season, League table
*Round 13 match between WaiBOP and Northern Lights was abandoned at half-time with the score 0-0 **Round 13 match between Central and Capital was postponed due to inclement weather and road closures. Was not played and declared a 0–0 draw


2019 National Women's League (New Zealand), Regular season, Fixtures and results
New Zealand women's football league matches took place from September to December 2019 and for the second year running, included a double header round over the Labour weekend.


2019 National Women's League (New Zealand), Regular season, Fixtures and results, Round 13
Bye: Southern United *Match abandoned at half-time with the score 0-0 **Postponed due to inclement weather and road closures. Not going to be played so declared a 0–0 draw


2019 National Women's Soccer League season
The 2019 National Women's Soccer League season was the seventh season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it was the thirteenth overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States.


2019 National Women's Soccer League season
The league is operated by the United States Soccer Federation and receives major financial backing from that body. Further financial backing is provided by the Canadian Soccer Association. Both national federations pay the league salaries of many of their respective national team members in an effort to nurture talent in those nations and take the financial burden of individual clubs.


2019 National Women's Soccer League season, Teams, stadiums, and personnel, Stadiums and locations
The Dash does not make its stadium's entire capacity available for home games, instead restricting ticket sales at a lower level. The full capacity of this venue is included in parentheses and italics.


2019 National Women's Soccer League season, Teams, stadiums, and personnel, Stadiums and locations
Two stadiums were renamed during the season. First, on June 4, Exploria Resorts acquired the naming rights to Orlando City Stadium, which was accordingly renamed Exploria Stadium. Then, on June 13, the U.S. arm of the Spanish multinational bank BBVA announced a rebranding of the U.S. operations from "BBVA Compass" to "BBVA". As part of the rebranding, BBVA Compass Stadium became simply BBVA Stadium.


2019 National Women's Soccer League season, League standings, Tiebreakers
The initial determining factor for a team's position in the standings is most points earned, with three points earned for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. If two or more teams tie in point total, when determining rank and playoff qualification and seeding, the NWSL uses the following tiebreaker rules, going down the list until all teams are ranked.


2019 National Women's Soccer League season, League standings, Tiebreakers
NOTE: If two clubs remain tied after another club with the same number of points advances during any step, the tiebreaker reverts to step 1 of the two-club format.


2019 National Women's Soccer League season, Attendance, Average home attendances
Updated through end of regular season on October 12, 2019.


2019 National Women's Soccer League season, Attendance, Highest attendances
Updated through end of regular season on October 12, 2019.


2019 National Women's Soccer League season, NWSL Playoffs
The top four teams from the regular season compete for the NWSL Championship. The North Carolina Courage secured the number one seed on September 21, winning their third straight NWSL Shield.


2019 Nationale 1 season
The 2019 Natinonale 1 season was the season of the Nationale 1, the premier basketball league in Senegal.


2019 Nationale 1 season
AS Douanes won its ninth national title on 21 October 2019, beating DUC Dakar in the final. AS Douanes qualified for the 2020 BAL season.


2019 Nauruan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 24 August 2019. President Baron Waqa lost his seat in Boe Constituency, making him ineligible for a third term. Following the elections, Lionel Aingimea was elected President, winning a parliamentary vote 12–6 against David Adeang.


2019 Nauruan parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 19 members of Parliament were elected from eight multi-member constituencies using the Dowdall system, a version of ranked voting; voters rank candidates, with the votes counted as a fraction of one divided by the ranking number (e.g. a candidate ranked second will be scored as ½); the candidates with the highest total were elected.